SALE!

--SALE HAS ENDED--

Just in case you haven't been over to my Etsy Shop recently, I am have a Christmas In July SALE going on right now.  All products have been marked down 20%!  These are the lowest my prices have ever been.  This SALE continues until the end of the month.  Just 3 MORE DAYS!

I have patterns...

quilt kits...

a quilt...

and countdown chains!

Plus, I offer a coupon with every purchase!  Don't miss it, only 3 MORE DAYS!

After - Vintage Cosco High Chair

Remember this awful before picture of the lovely vintage Cosco high chair?  Peeling paint, rust, burn mark on the seat.  It really needed some love.

Here is the after...

Stripped, sanded, repainted and reupholstered.  I love this Amy Butler fabric!  I added vinyl for easy cleaning.

The only thing to improve this high chair is an adorable little person...

I might need to attach a securing strap...

Like I said before, this is a family heirloom.  My mother and her sisters sat it in, my sisters and I sat in it and now I have it for my children.  I imagine it is sturdy enough for my grandchildren to sit in someday.

Hope you love it as much as I do!

Scrap Busting Table Runner

I made another one of these, but this time I added it to my Etsy shop.

Bullseye Block Tutorial

I am posting a tutorial for this bullseye block over at CluckCluckSew today.  Run over and check it out!

Desk Project

Picked it up at a garage sale.  Just what I needed...another project...?

See this beautiful wall paper adorning the table top?  I wanted to see how hard it was to scrape off and before I pulled out the camera I almost had half of it off.  Oops, you still get the idea.

I am very excited for the drawer in the front.  I love drawers.  Any ideas for paint colors I should use?

Happy 4th of July!

Modern Squares Baby Quilt

The newest addition to my shop.

Love it!

Prince Charming

My husband is so good to me.  He is so busy and rarely has the time to mow the lawn, which means I am usually the one doing it.  Which is fine, but it is so nice when he does it...like this morning.

This is a monster of a trampoline.  There is no way I can move this on my own, which means when I am the one mowing it usually doesn't get moved....

and the grass ends up looking like this.  My boys call it their jungle.

Thank you dear sweet husband!

Doesn't this look so nice!?

My flower beds really need weeded!  See those extremely tall dandy-lions mixed in with the flowers.  Oh, well.  Such is life.  

Vintage Cosco High Chair

I recently got this high chair from my mom.  Having serviced seven little ones, it has been though a lot!   

I REALLY liked the original look, but there is a burn mark from a pot, peeling paint on the tray and rust on the legs and arms so I decided to give it a little face lift.

I took the seat and back off and oh man was it nasty!  I'll keep you posted on the change.

I would SO love to get my hands on another one so each of my babies could have one.

Actually, I think this high chair is from the 1950's.  If so, that means it might have been my mother's also.  How sweet to think that my babies are sitting in the same chair their grandma sat in at their age.

*Ignore the awful pictures!  By the time I got them uploaded to my computer I had already taken the seat and back apart.  The final pics will looks much better, PROMISE!

stash busting table runner

It's not very often that I make something for myself but considering how much I LOVE Bubblegum Basics I knew I had to before I work through my whole stash.

This runner is approx. 42" long and 11" wide.  Fits perfectly on top of my dresser.

I think next time I might sandwich the front, batting and back together before I stitch on the pieces.  We'll see.

Chains!!!

Have I mention, I LOVE countdown chains?  So fun!

Just added a few more to my etsy shop.

Daily Dialogue

"Mom, take a picture of me getting the earwax out of my ear."

"Okay.  Are you going to eat it?" 

"Ewww, thats gross." (while smiling as though he is actually thinking about it)

Picnic

We had our first official outside-on-a-blanket picnic today.  Gone are the days (at least for a few months) of pitching the blanket in the living room.

Ditch Water

In all my years growing up on a farm, I never saw the water come into the ditch.

So when my six year-old came running in the door yesterday exclaiming that the water was coming in "10 minutes!", I was just as excited as he was. 

I quickly finished the dishes, bundled up Thing 1 & Thing 2 and waited for the water to come.  It did.  Finally.  After about 30 minutes.  Take if from me, it is SO hard to wait patiently when you are so ridiculously excited!

The water master had a few guys helping him.  They didn't understand why I was taking pictures. In fact, one of them said, "So, why are you taking pictures of the water?"  He was completely dumbfounded.  

To blog about, of course!

Can you add something to your bucket list once you realize it should have already been there? 

That evening I asked my six year-old what he was thinking when the water was coming in.  In his true character, "I was thinking I want to be one of those guys when I grow up so I can help the water come in the ditch."

Nice.

parties, parties and more parties

The weather man was right.  I woke up the next morning to snow.  I think I was being teased.

Gratefully it was melted before noon and it was warm enough to play outside by the time the party started.

I was able to take a mini vacation and visit some family and friends over the weekend.  I had so much fun! As I was packing I realized it was only the second time in seven years (since I was married) that I wasn't packing for or sharing suitcase space with someone else.  In fact, I was able to pack all my things in a bag not much larger than a purse.  It was fabulous!  Of course, I went shopping and came home with twice the amount.  Like it said, it was fabulous!

However, I did miss my little family.

Daddy was spectacular.  Every day was another party.  Apparently, Saturday lunch was a nutritious combination of cheeto puffs, cereal, root beer, french bread and yogurt.  As I was closing the door to leave I heard my six year-old say something.  Thinking he must be expressing his disappointment on my departure I thought it best to go back in and reassure him that all would be well and he would enjoy his time with daddy.  I opened the door and asked if he had said something to me, to which he replied, "No, I am just planning our boy party."

Pretty sure it was an enjoyable weekend for all!

Hoping For Warmer Days

It's beautiful today.

Really, it's beautiful everyday.  Sometimes it's just hard to see.

It's cold and windy.  It's usually windy here.  The clouds make their way across the sky, occasionally allowing the sun an opportunity to warm our skin.  The wind picks up again.  Goosebumps.

The trees and bushes want to bloom.  Hoping for warmer days.

My sons birthday is tomorrow.  He'll be six.  There will be darts, a treasure hunt, a piñata and mud pie.  The weather man says there will also be rain.  Maybe snow.  Move the piñata and little boys inside?  I sure hope it doesn't rain.  Hopefully their mamas send them over dressed appropriately.

My grass needs cut.  Hoping for warmer days.

Grandma's Eggs

A few nights ago, Fabio* was tucking our children into bed when my first-born said, "(snif snif) something stinks."  Second-born piped in with, "(a long pondering snif) Mmm...it smells good.  Like grandmas eggs.  I'm hungry!"

*Name changed to protect the stinker.

rain rain STAY ALL DAY!

My 5 year-old kept trying to get out of going to school this morning (I can only wait to see what the future holds) with "stomach pains" and "being too tired" and finally, "Its raining today!  I think they cancelled school mom" (while crossing his fingers).

I decided to go out and take some dilettante* pictures with my amateur point-and-shoot.

I love the rain!... and puddles.  Unfortunately I was not able to take any pictures of myself dancing through the puddles.  You'll just have to imagine...

I love this barn and the big wood pile leaning against it.  Also, these are plum trees...YUM!

Digging the wet/dry contrast...

Had to add some worm-age!  This thing was about one foot long.  Can you see the little trail it left through that spot of mud?

No, not much to look at but this is my favorite tree.

Can you guess why?  I call it my Love Tree...

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!

*Yes, I did just look up a synonym for amateur on my handy-dandy mac dashboard and dilettante was the only word that appeared that was not in my microscopic vocabulary.

Shop Update!!!

I have always loved paper countdown chains.  There is something so fun and exciting about removing a link.  Then another.  And another....  Until finally the big day is here!

When Mr.  Knickers was about two months away from graduating, my boys and I made a huge paper chain to count down to the big day.  My boys loved it!  The same goes for Christmas and birthdays.  Yeah, we love paper chains around here.

Since I adore sewing it only made sense to make one with fabric.  Now I have a few in my shop...

Not only are they a great representation of the excitement and anticipation of a coming event, but they are pretty dang cute too.  Cute enough to keep hanging up as decoration long after the special occasion has passed!

I also added a pattern for a Table Topper...

Go check them out here, here and here.


Oh, and did I mention my oldest lost his first tooth?  Crazy!

Remember how I mentioned

I was working with these...                                           

                                                   

Well, I finished the kits a while ago but FINALLY listed them in my etsy shop.  

Here it is in red/blue/pink...

and again in blue/green/yellow.

These kits are for baby sized quilts...my soon-to-be six year-old still sleeps with his baby blanket this size...so does his 24 year-old auntie, but don't tell her I told you so.  I LOVE that size!  It is easily packed, easily carried by little ones and so. very. adorable!

The coolest part about this whole thing?  I sold one within an hour of posting it.  Can you believe it?  Thank you so much etsy buyer!!!

Go check them out...you know you want to!!!

packing lunches

It has been a little quiet around here.  My apologies.

I dont typically buy chips but Mr. Knickers has been doing a lot of day traveling and when added to a sandwich and fruits/veggies they make for a quick lunch.  This is the reason I don't like to buy chips...

My five year-old didn't have school today so he asked his daddy if he could go to work with him.  He even offered to pack their lunch for them.  SIX bags of chips, a handful of easter candy and two bananas.  Daddy helped even it out by making sandwiches and taking a few bags of chips out.  Love that kid!